Wood-preservative.



UNITED STATES Patented August 18, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

WOOD-PRESERVATIVE.

SIECIFIGATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 736,838, dated August 18, 1903. Application filed June 22, 1903. fierlal No. 162,661. (No specimens.)

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, HARRY W. GANDER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rudy, in the county of Montgomery and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wood-Preservatives, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to increase the life of wood and to prevent the fouling of the bottom of ships and water-craft having a wooden hull.

In preparing the compound the following ingredients are employed in about the proportions stated: linseed-oil, one gallon; pow-. dered alum, three ounces; powdered charcoal, twelve ounces; varnish, one-half pint; turpentine,- one-half pint; alcohol, one gill.

The above-mentioned ingredients are thoroughly mixed, and the resultant mixture is applied to the surface to be protected after thesame has been thoroughly cleaned and dried by means of a brush. After the first application has become dry a second coat is applied in a similar way and allowed to dry.

The article thus treated will have its period HARRY w. GANDER.

Witnesses:

H. B. UPDEeRovE,: W. S. SLOTTERER. 

